CR Design +

04/07/2026

12/13/2024

Now there's a good T

Love it ❤️
Order here: https://www.faithhopeloveshirts.com/heaven-my-home-js
More designs: https://www.faithhopeloveshirts.com

11/05/2024

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

11/05/2024

The pastor says they sit front and center. The gay boys. Sometimes they hold hands. And some folks have said he should address the issue. But the pastor tells me he doesn’t know what to say.
There is the couple who are pregnant and not married. Walks in shame as her father a “Man of God”, physically slaps her legs while she is having morning sickness and the Boyfriend who is not wanting to marry her. But the pastor tells me he doesn’t know what to say.
And then there’s the man who sneaks in the back door. Fresh off the street. After the service starts. And leaves before altar call. The people sitting close complain about how bad he smells. Of beer and smoke and sweat. But the pastor tells me he doesn’t know what to say.
And then there’s the young mama who wears dirty clothes and lets her four children come in and eat all the donuts and drink all the watered-down juice. Some church staff say they “…eat like little pigs. Like they haven’t eaten in weeks.” While the Mama just stands there and lets them. And the elders say something must be done and said. But the pastor tells me he doesn’t know what to say.
And there’s the w***e sitting among the faithful. And everybody knows her. She sits with a painted-up face, cheap perfume, and a broken heart. And those who sit close, well, they all treat her for what they think she is. And at the last staff meeting, her name came up. Something must be done about her. But the pastor tells me he doesn’t know what to say.
The pastor is a good man. Holy and just. And he wants to do the “right and loving” thing. And he wants to “look like Jesus”. And he asks me if I have any thoughts on anything he could say.
Yes, sweet Pastor. I do. Start with this and say it Louder than any other words:
“Welcome to Church. This is a place of love and hope and safety and forgiveness. There will be food for the hungry. Living water for the thirsty. We are so glad you are here. You are invited. You are loved. Come on in—we’ve been waiting on you. Welcome here. We are the church.”
Say that. To the called and to the called-out. To the leaders and the greeters. To the dirty and the clean. We are all the same. We are.
May we blow the dust of religion out of our souls and choose affection instead. May our words and actions and reactions be a sanctuary for all.
Jesus broke many laws to love. So, Jesus, be our voice. Be the only words we should ever speak.I believe this with all my heart. Years ago we were kinder. Everybody looked out for one another. We need to go back to that. It takes us all. We gotta do better at looking out for each other instead of breaking each other down.
Jesus said, "Love the sinner, hate the sin"; "Preach the gospel to all the nations". We can address the issue without condemning or condoning the action.

11/05/2024

Today is Vote day!

11/02/2024

Confusion
That lurking monster
Reaches and grabs me
And like fog in a harbor
Hides from me my destiny,
And it obscures the path
That I should go
And leaves me standing still.

Until, Lord, like those beasts
In the book of Revelation,
You kill
This monster called confusion
And set me at liberty
Once more.
by James E. Williams in a book called Wonder

Confusion is the path the enemy doth strike!
It was the way the serpent struck in the Garden!
By placing questions in the mind of the people that the people could not answer out of there own capacity; causing confusion. But, if we do not seek out the advice of the Creator of the Garden, how then can be confident of the truth, and therefore eliminate the confusion?

Maya Angelou once spoke, "We cannot expect to overcome our demons, while we are still entertaining them."
How is it that "We the People", have grown so adept at entertaining demons?
Through the power of confusion.
Confusion takes away focus, and leaves us going nowhere. So we must fix our gaze on something more than just words.
If actions speak louder than words, then our focus must be on deeds to find the truth.
Confusion depends on directing the overall focus onto words alone; so pay attention to the deeds,
Do they match the Words.

11/01/2024

This is how we are to be as a nation of people under God...
Zachariah 7: 9-14
"Thus has the Lord of hosts said, 'Dispense true justice and practice kindness and compassion each to his brother; and do not oppress the widow or the orphan, the stranger or the poor; and do not devise evil in your hearts against one another.'
"But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder and stopped their ears from hearing. They made their hearts like flint [cold, hard, and frozen brittle] so that they could not hear the law and the words which the Lord of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets; therefore great wrath came from the LORD of hosts (heaven). And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen," says the LORD of hosts; but I scattered them with a storm wind among all the nations whom they have not known. Thus the land is desolated behind them so that no one went back and forth, for they made the pleasant land desolate."

10/30/2024

While we have such a great cloud of witnesses, let us strip off everything that weighs us down and the sin that so easily entangles us, and let us run the race with endurance- Hebrews 12:1
When it comes to voting, think of it as choosing a candidate according to our children's future. We must act logically, focusing on what we have seen and witnessed as opposed to having our ears tickled.
Taking in all that we have heard and seen in this present election, I am hearing a lot of mouthing of words. Words that seem to be saying what we all want to hear, yet there is little evidence to back up the truth in what is being said. There is little evidence to show that there is any intent to solve the real problems that we face here in America, now or for our future. When did slander become a campaign strategy, and when did we all accept it? I want to hear about their plan, and how they intend to accomplish it; that it.
At present there are many who must travel to other cities, States, or even countries to get the proper Healthcare that they require; not just want. So I think maybe we are asking the wrong questions.
There have been great strides made in curing various forms of cancer to date. So why is it that there is so much more emphasis placed on making it easier to get an abortion than to get treatment for life threatening diseases?
How can we make Healthcare less about drugs and more about getting people healthy for real?
Why is it that our current leaders seem more concerned about providing for the illegal less fortunate than they are about the legal less fortunate? How can we change that?
Let's take a vote!